Reclaiming life after recovery from drug dependence
16 July 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan—At just 20, Nasrin from a quiet village in Bamyan had already lived through the darkness of drug dependence. What began with a single pill offered by someone in her village quickly spiraled into addiction to opium, tramadol, pregabalin, and a drug known locally as “Tablet K.”
“I lost control,” she shares. “I was in pain all the time and started stealing from my family. I hated myself, but I didn’t know how to stop.”
Everything changed when her mother received a brochure from the WHO-supported Women’s Drug Treatment Center in Bamyan. It gave them the hope they desperately needed.
